SEOUL -- The United States, South Korea, and Japan expressed deep concern over North Korea's "malicious" cyber activities to support its weapons programs, in comments released in a joint statement on Friday. Crypto currency funds stolen by North Korean hackers have been a key source for financing the sanctions-stricken country's weapons programs, officials and experts in the United States and its allies say. A report released by the U.S. Treasury Department on April 6 said actors such as North Korea were using decentralized finance (DeFi), a thriving segment in the crypto sector, to transfer and launder their illicit proceeds. North Korea has denied allegations of hacking or oth...Keep on reading: US, South Korea, Japan concerned over North Korea’s ‘malicious’ cyber activities